INOCA — Semi Automated Vaccination Delivery
Vaccination strategies in salmon farming have changed in the last few years. Increasingly we are seeing one, two and three intraperitoneal (IP) vaccines being delivered to each fish. We have also seen the advent of the increasingly popular intramuscular vaccine being delivered at the same time as the IP vaccination. This is difficult to carry out with manual vaccination.
New vaccines are increasingly being developed for new species like tilapia and pangasius but there is no vaccine delivery technology that’s been developed with these species in mind.
Coupled with this and the onset of the coronavirus, Aqualife committed to building a semi automatic vaccination system that could as easily as possible switch between different vaccination strategies and also work with different species.
Our patent pending INCA unit was conceived in March 2020 and the first commercial unit will be available in Summer 2021. This system requires less than half the operators of a tradition manual vaccination team and requires little training as fish are simply fed into it.
The concept has been designed to be simple, small, light and extremely quiet when compared to other systems on the market and can quickly and easily switch between vaccination strategies and species at the touch of a button.
INOCA — Key Features
- INOCA is a semi automated fish vaccination system
- A single channel vaccinates 2,500-3,600 fish per hour
- A typical 6 channel setup vaccinates 15k – 21.6k fish per hour
- Channel numbers can be configured to your needs
- INOCA is suitable to treat almost all farmed fish species
- Capable of vaccinating fish from 30g to 200g
- Capable of delivering up to 3 IP vaccines in one shot
- Simultaneously delivers IM shot with IP shot
- Requires up to 3 operators
- No specialist training is required for operation
- Small footprint, light build and very quiet
- Fish are automatically graded by size
INOCA — Key Benefits
- Stay Agile – INOCA is quickly adaptable for any species of farmed fish
- Bespoke – Get the INOCA tailored to the fish and volume of your fishery
- Cost Savings – Far fewer staff are needed to operate INOCA
- Health & Safety – Easy to operate in compliance with social distancing
- Resource Distribution – INOCA frees up your team for work in other areas
- Streamline Operations – No need for specialist training to administer vaccines
- Easy to Use – A simple interface is used to input fish species and volumes
- Time Savings – No need to wait for vaccination teams, work to your timetable
- Always Improving – Data gathered helps improve future vaccination strategies
- All in One – All vaccine producers can mechanically administer with INOCA
- Save the Planet – Helps cut Aqualife travel by 50% and associated climate impact
